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The Executives' Club of Chicago has appointed Ana Dutra as its new president and chief executive officer, the civic group announced Wednesday. She replaces former Democratic congresswoman Melissa Bean, who was recently named Midwest chair of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Dutra, 50, previously was the CEO of Mandala Global Advisors and head of leadership and talent consulting at executive search firm Korn/Ferry International from February 2008 to October 2013. She was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, where she described her father as “the Harry Caray of soccer” in the country. After earning degrees in law and economics there, she worked extensively in Latin America and...

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